WL//WH Weekly Electronic Music Tips

• KHIDI Podcast 200: OTTOMAN GRÜW
  

French–Italian producer, live performer, and DJ, presenting one hour of fierce and uncompromising techno. A prominent figure in Brussels‘ dark electronic scene, founder of the Mutant Modality label, and one half of A Body Without, Ottoman Grüw has forged a distinctive sonic signature that combines deviant strains of EBM, cavernous drones, and relentless machine-funk structures on the verge of collapse.

• Polish ambient /chillout /electronic project ambient /chillout /electronic project Sundial Aeon “Cold Matter Kingdom (Yage Remix)” from the album “Stillness of Terrains – Remixed by Yage” [FSOL digital]

UK electronic luminaries, under their Yage alias, toss a heady, free-floating, vibrant combination of rolling, hard-knocking percussive grooves, plump low-end depth and a ghostly, buzzing uncanny ambience. Crackling rhythms splinter and reform in a tense, hypnotic, uncanny push-and-pull of stress and release, viscerally intense, all-encompassing, mind-bending, and unrelenting.

• Leeds, UK acid /dub disco /electro /cosmic house duo PBR STREETGANG “Astro Travelling” [Kurtz Records]

A stomping bass-laden chugging and warbling surreal acid house/indie dance groove from the Leeds duo that wobbles and pulses in an endless high-energy loop towards a mesmerizing stellar dancefloor dimension.

• Dallas, TX acid /house /breaks /electro funk /electro producer and Pan-Am Tracks label founder, Aserrín – “Parasitic Entities” title track of the EP “Parasitic Entities” [Pan-Am Tracks]

Playful and high-energy yet raw and razor-sharp electro from Texan label head, fusing futuristic sci-fi edges and discordant simmering synth textures with a bass-heavy bounce and a relentless lashing rhythmic drive, while sneaking in robotic vocal snippets, providing a modern off-kilter exploration of the everlasting interaction between man, machine, and groove.

• Japan ambient /cinematic /chamber music /contemporary jazz /modern classical collaboration between cellist Seigen Tokuzawa and pianist Masaki Hayashi, Seigen Tokuzawa & Masaki Hayashi “Kottesloe” from the sophomore “B” LP [FLAU]
• Ambient /ethereal /space electronic collaboration between Hong Kong-based vocal artist and musician Anita Tatlow and Los Angeles singer/songwriter Shelby Benjamin (aka Frogi), Anita Tatlow & Frogi “Golden Hour” 2-track single [Echoes Blue Music]
• Ambient /cinematic /electro-acoustic collaboration between Canadian-American artist and Tokyo-born Japanese home recording musician, Hollie Kenniff & Kazuma Okabayashi “Canvas” final single from the upcoming first collaborative album [Nettwerk]
• Indianapolis-based ambient /drone /minimal /meditative /improvisational /deep listening /electronica musician and Past Inside the Present label head Zach Frizzell, aka zakè “To Ever Find Joy, V.I” from the album “Revector” (feat. Benoît Pioulard, anthéne, Purl, Marc Ertel, hoax) [Zakè Drone Recordings]
• France/US ambient /drone /organic /sounscapes /meditative /electronic collaboration Philippe Deschamps & The Goodnight Project “The Wind’s Unseen Lines” from “Maps of an Invisible World” EP [Silent Sonic Records]
• Finland ambient /drone /soundscapes /electronic sound artist Jyrki Antero Nieminen, aka JYRANTE “First Light” from “Sleeping With The Stars” EP [Ambient Soundscapes]
• St. Louis, Missouri ambient /drone /soundscapes /cinematic, orchestral songwriter, composer, and producer Ross Christopher “The Day the Rapture Never Happened” from “Echoes of our Ancestors” LP [Valley View Records]
• Swedish ambient /drone /ethereal /piano /electro-acoustic collaboration Ecovillage & Purl “When You Were Here” from “Fragments of Light” LP [LILA लीला]
• UK ambient /drone /electro-acoustic collaboration between Jon Attwood (Yellow6) and Ray Robinson (Wodwo), JARR “The Long Middle (Green)” from the seventh album “Afterimage” [Sound In Silence]
• Oslo-based ambient /chillout /downtempo /electronic producer and part of label/collective Ute Records, Mikkel Rev “Lauryl” from the upcoming third album “Evocation” [A Strangely Isolated Place]
• London-based, Lagos, Nigeria-born ambient /field recordings /noise /experimental sound artist, electronic musician, and violist Ibukun Sunday “Amen” from the new LP “Olúsín [Worshippers]” [Phantom Limb]
• France ambient /berlin school /space electronica /experimental /modular synth musician Almost Random “An open door above the mists” from the LP “Fragments From the Waning World” [Cyclical Dreams]
• Mississippi post-ambient /field recordings /folk /contemplative /pedal steel /acoustic guitar /synth /instrumental project of musician Tyler Tadlock, aka Spirituals “Crystal Strings” from the LP “Candles In The Dark”
  
• Japanese ambient /cinematic /minimal techno /electronic solo project of Hokkaido-based musician Kenichi Oka, aka Yamaoka “Three” from “Haze” LP [Carpe Sonum Records]
• Seattle-based ambient /drone /modular synth project of multi-instrumentalist, producer, and electronic instrument designer Graig Markel, The Animals at Night “Get Lost” from “Heard Only” EP
  
• France ambient /berlin school /space electronica /experimental /modular synth musician Almost Random “An Open Door Above the Mists” from the LP “Fragments From the Waning World” [Cyclical Dreams]
• Coventry, Midlands, UK documentary /spoken word /electronic project of Rich Johnson, aka Visionary Lines “Comprehensive Policy”, second track from the forthcoming “In This Newborn City” LP
  
• Ashbourne, UK drone /experimental /folklore /electro-acoustic /electronic folk artist Matthew Green, aka Geology Disco “Yew Tree” from the debut album “Where God Came Never” [Dustopian Frequencies]
• UK ambient /drone /chill-out /field recordings /downtempo /electro-acoustic /electronic musician (1/2 of Slow Reels and Slowcraft label head), James Murray “Becalmed” from “Islands Alight” LP [quiet details]
• Ambient /drone /beat-driven /slow techno /analog electronica music collaboration between Indianapolis-based Zach Frizzell and Dayton, OH  Brian Grainger (aka Milieu), aka Zakè & Coppice Halifax “Beige (revisited)” from the album “Tree Grid” [Zakè Drone Recordings]
• Zurich, Switzerland ambient /house /hypnotic techno /deep electronic /downtempo DJ-producer Lucas Waldesbühl, aka dit:eau – “juula lagoon” from V/A “collected details 02” compilation LP [Details]
• Danish ambient /deep /dub techno veteran DJ-producer Van Bonn “Trails (Luigi Tozzi Remix)” off “Detached Trails” EP [Kontakt Records]
• Naarm/Melbourne psychedelic /minimal techno producer Ouxh – “A Word From Daheim” from “Protofon” EP [Felt Sense Recordings]
• Netherlands-based ambient /experimental /breaks /psychedelic /downtempo /polyrhythmic /percussive /hypnotic /techno /electronic producer Ruben Üvez, aka Konduku – “Başıboş” from V/A “SIIIX, Vol.3” EP [Maloca]
• Amsterdam-based dark ambient /psychedelic /downtempo /slow techno /electronica Finland-born DJ-producer (1/2 of eoobe with Marco Segato), Elina Tapio – “Cant” from upcoming V/A “Unreleased Territory vol. 7” compilation LP [Electric Shapes]
• UK ambient /bass /psych /breakbeat /dub techno collaboration between early 2000s Brighton‘s nu-skool breaks producer and Marine Parade label head, Adam Freeland and London‘s Duncan Forbes, one half of pioneering progressive house duo Spooky, Adam Freeland & Duncan Forbes “Stop Fighting” from “Transhuman” EP [Marine Parade]
• Richmond, VA minimal /tribal /hypnotic techno producer XJ – “Phobia” from V/A “Reconstructed Club Music” EP [endogenesis]
• Salamanca, Spain dark, raw, hypnotic techno producer Mario Alonso, aka Lowsystem – “Cantilever” from V/A “Various Artists 008” compilation EP [End Of Perception]
• Italian ambient /dub /deep techno producer and live performer Falesia “Muhammar” off upcoming “Flammore” EP [KVLTÖ Records]
• Melbourne acid /hard house /deep techno /progressive house producer Mabel “Rhinestones” EP [Butter Sessions]
• German groove /raw /hypnotic /deep /techno DJ-producer Daniel S. “Guilty Silence” from “atöm.11” EP [Molekül]
• Japanese micro house producer Akatsuki “ainouta 愛の詩 2026edit” from “koi 恋” EP
  
• Bucharest, Romania minimal techno /micro-house /deep house producer Anaid – “Whispers Of Static (Lipp Remix)” from “Whispers” EP [Indica Label]
• Kyoto, Japan-based ambient /breaks /percussive /tech house DJ-producer and NC4K label head Taro Nakano, aka Stones Taro “Goat” from “Odoriko” EP [Rhythm Section]
• Bushbuckridge, South Africa ambient /broken beats /Afro beats /percussive /traditional dance music (TDM) /experimental electronic producer Mlunghisi Chauke, aka Arrumar “Xintumbana” from the LP “Xa Humba” [QEONE]
• Puerto Rico ambient /braindance /experimental /downtempo /techno producer Adrian Rocafort, aka Silver Calx “Funki” from “Electronic Art Music” LP [Virtual Urban Records]
• Panama ambient /IDM /deep house /minimal techno /electronic producer dark.nebula “Calypsus” from “Calypsus REC.” EP [FORM@ RECORDS]
• London-based ambient /IDM /experimental electronic musician Kieran Hebden, aka Four Tet “T246 130ish Electribe Plaits” from “Human Voice” EP
  
• Chicago-based bass music /UK garage /electronic DJ-producer Azzecca “back 2 u” EP [ATW Records]
• London-based hardcore /garage /house /breaks duo Kassian “Acid Blue” from “Overtone III” EP [Unknown To The Unknown]
• London-based acid /deep techno /progressive chunky house producer Wilba “Polly’s Acid Kiss” from “Kombucha in the Club” EP [Haŵs]
• Catania, Italy acid /jazz /nu-disco /breakbeat /cinematic /Balearic /psych /dubstep /dub /downtempo /deep techno DJ and producer Dario Aiello, aka My Friend Dario “Joints” off upcoming EP “Physical Dub” [Hell Yeah Recordings]
• Mediterranean Balearic ambient /jazz /library music new project by Italo-German composer and producer David August, aka Argento “Ritmi Marini” from the upcoming “Miraggi” EP [Music From Memory]
• Québec/Netherlands lo-fi /ambient /chillout /downtempo collaboration Arbee & Lumivara “Counting the Days” single [Flawsom]
• Italian acid /tribal /psych /downtempo /modular electronic Rome-based DJ-producer Antonio De Oto, aka A-Tweed “May I smoke in the DJ booth?” from “Should I Offend Someone?” EP [self-released]
• Berlin-based acid /breakbeat /deep house /electronic musician and producer (formerly of duo Ameli Paul), Paul Valentin – “Listen (Thomass Jackson & Philipp Fein Remix)” from “Of Sand” EP [Feines Tier]
• UK acid house /dub /indie /electronic duo of Archie Dewis and Hani Paskin-Hussain (formerly of The Lounge Society), Flying On The Ground – “Goodbye, My Friend (Hardway Bros We Lost Control Dub)” from “Goodbye, My Friend” (Remix EP) [Golden Lion Sounds]
• London-based dub /trance /post-punk /tribal /cinematic /psychedelic /free improvisational trio of Valentina Magaletti, Susumu Mukai, and Al Wootton, aka Holy Tongue “Coca (ft. Dali De Saint Paul)” from upcoming “Basilikum” LP [AD 93]
• London-based 2-step /UK grime /bass music /dubstep /techno producer Lyeform “Drift Into Dread” from “Vintage Gilly” EP [Sneaker Social Club]
• London‘s ambient /dub /halftime /percussive /techno producer Dylan Brownswood a.k.a. DB1 “Fluktuation#7” from “Fluktuationen” EP [Nullpunkt Recordings]
• Toulouse ambient /dub /bass /jungle /breaks producer Juli “Drift” from “Nobody Can Move” EP [Backpocket Slammers]
• UK progressive house /breaks /breakbeat /chill /electronica veteran DJ and production duo of Darren James and Alec Milliner, aka Framewerk “Echo Drop (Framewerk Rewerk Remastered)” from the rewerk collection “Framewerk Selects Vol 2” LP
  
• Mar del Plata, Argentina electro /deep minimal techno DJ-producer Rodrigo Diaz “Never Dead (Random Factor Remix)” [Secret Weapon Records]
• Spanish sci-fi /cosmic /cinematic /avant-garde /electro project of producer Aitor Pereira (aka Calagad 13), aka EC13 “The Fuji Reveal (Ins-True-Mental)” from “The Fuji Reveal” EP, new series prelude to the “PORNOTRONIX” vinyl release [COSMIC TRIBE]
• Liverpool-born veteran house /techno /electro producer (Random Factor, Carbon Academy, Voice Stealer, Silicon Scally), Carl Finlow “Artifact” from “The Rawax Trilogy Part One – RX-CF-01” EP [RAWAX MOTOR CITY EDITION / dbh-music]
• London, UK veteran ambient /IDM /experimental /techno /electro producer (aka Kurt Baggaley, and Tau Sagittarii), Scape One “Energy Streams” limited edition artefact containing 51 unreleased electro tracks from 51 respected pioneers and contemporary favourites, curated by Alien Communications
  
• Spanish ambient /IDM /breaks /electro /drum & bass /electronica all-rounder Annie Hall “Cyber Arena” from “Future Sports” EP [Synaptic Cliffs]
• Slovenian breakbeat /electro producer Amis vs Helga Neuer – “Retikuliram” from “Like We Used To do” EP in loving memory of Ljubljana electronic artist and Laibach collaborator Damjan Bizilj [Prbit Records]
• Margate, UK-based dark dystopian electro project of DJ, producer and Vivod label founder Ali Renault, aka Cestrian “Missing” off the debut LP “Southview Community Centre″ [Vivod]
• Dutch techno /electro music producer and LDI Records head, Erik Griffioen, aka Lloyd Stellar “Toneworks” from upcoming V/A “Alien Code” compilation [Cosmic Tribe]
• Mysterious sci-fi /breaks /techno /analog electro producer TRANSPAC – “Personal Computer” from V/A “More Than Machine 05” compilation LP [Tronic]
• Thessaloniki, Greece ambient /raw /hypnotic techno /hardware-focused alias from label head Endlec, Monoblocx “Aeolian Erotic” title track of the debut “Aeolian Erotic” EP [Renegade Methodz]
• Brooklyn, NY industrial /techno /electro producer (1/2 of infrared804), PVS-14 “Shockwave Rider” from the cassette s/t EP [DEATHBYSHEEP RECORDS]
• Dutch hardgroove /techno producer and artist active since the late 1990s, Ritzi Lee “S-Waves (Surgeon Remix)” from “Momentum Remixes” EP
  
• Moscow-based acid house /new beat /EBM /electroclash /electronic producer Gelainheim “Burning Through Youth” from upcoming V/A “OMERTA Vol. 2” LP compilation [OMERTA]
• Austrian minimal /hard-hitting /industrial /broken techno producer DJ Oseph “Blasphemous Pact” from “Hollow Shell” LP [Synthetic Pleasures]
• Industrial /techno /old-school EBM duo of Berlin-based Mexican DJ-producer Carlos Grabstein (founder of Miseria Records) and Parisian vocalist Ben Bunzen (formerly of Hammershøi), Damage Code “Menschen im Glitch” from “Digital Slave” LP vinyl 12″ [Miseria]
• Lille-based Belgian-Moroccan EBM /Acid /Indie Dance /Techno /Electro /Middle Eastern roots DJ/producer Zaatar “Ali Sawtek” from the upcoming “First Crush” EP [CRVSH]
  
• Berlin-based EBM /wave /indie dance /dark disco /electroclash Venezuelan DJ-producer Alejandro Molinari “Tazen Im Kreis” off “Tanzen Im Kreis” EP [Parallel Vision]
• Glasgow, Scotland indie dance /progressive house /techno producer Adash “Black Paint Silver Light” [Nein Records]
• Spanish retro-futuristic /Italo /space /cosmic /modern electronic disco music producer from the Canary Islands and Astrolead Recordings owner, ILYA SANTANA “Spy game (2026 revision)” [Astrolead]
• Los Angeles/New York-based dark disco /fuzz rock /rock’n’roll /chug /indie dance collaboration between producers Mexico City‘s Gilberto Perez and Tel Aviv‘s Elizier, G L’e P & New York Acid Assembly – “Moztra (Original Mix)” from “FIERA” EP [Chicken Town Records]
• Brussels-based acid /new beat /techno /electro-house /electronic DJ-producer DC SALAS “Lost In My Memories” from “Fiesta” EP [Higher Hopes Records]
• Lyon-based acid /disco /psych /indie dance /house genre-bending electronic dance DJ-producer and Hard Fist label boss Cornelius Doctor – “Back To Joy” [#8 Hard Fist Single Club]
• Brooklyn, NY Balearic /Latin disco /euphoric house DJ-production duo Latane Hughes and Billy Scher, aka Fundido “Siren Tiger” from “Melt” EP [Life and Death]
• Edmonton-based, Peruvian funk /house /disco DJ, producer, multi-instrumentalist FEL GOOD – “Before It Hits (original Mix)” [Spa In Disco]
• London-based ambient /drone /field recordings /experimental /cello loops /improvisational collaborative duo between Martyn Riley and Beth Robertson, aka Tokoro Wohnen “a600w” from “Bing Industries” LP [Flaming Pines]
• Greek experimental /drone /industrial /tribal /techno producer Thoture “Perpatito” from the long-form 4-track cassette “Tzileve” [HOMVA]
• Pakaa, Finland Ambient /Experimental /Electronic producer and electronic music composer Aleksi Perälä “FI3AC2614004″ from the album “Incandescence″
  
• Lynchburg, Virginia instrumental ambient /minimalistic /post-rock trio TLVS “Modrá Babička (zakè rework)” from “Small Permanences” EP [Harding Street Assembly Lab]
• UK ambient /berlin school audio electronic engineer DASK Music “State of Stability” (2018) from the archival collection EP “The Syngate Years”
  
• Ural, Russian dark ambient /field recordings /drone sound artist, Ivan Sonnov, aka Sonnov “Upet” from the 536-track album “Zheagsho”
  
• Detroit/Ann Arbour-based ambient /drone /dub /minimal techno /electronic producer Stephen Hitchell (Echospace, Intrusion, and Soultek), aka Variant “Edges of time [cv313‘s immersion dub]” rewired and reshaped by cv313 [echospace313]
• Northern France experimental ambient /drone /avantgarde /tape loop/experimental sound artist Bruno Duplant “autrement dit III” long-form piece [FALT]